Good Evening PSAR!

What?? No comments about what a great game there was yesterday? SWMBO and I watched it, well most of it, with the kids and I won a buck from her. She picked who was going to win and I got the other team. You know the rest of the story. Not a bad game I guess, first one I've watched this year.

Painters got the last of the primer on today, all the prep work and priming took a bit longer than expected due to the weather. At least it's done. We've decided to wait a couple of months before we paint. Just too much rain this year.

How's the sheetrock going Hap? Sure sounds like a lot of fun.

Have a good evening.

Mike

 

usually ends up being at least 12 hours for 195 degrees

too long in my opinion,,,,so when i do em,,,i load the smoker full of meat...

 

Good Tuesday Morning PSAR

Hummmm, guess I could use a break from the house to go make money today

Hope everyone has a great day

 

Going as good as could be expected from an greenhorn sheetrocker, just hate dealing with out of square corners and such. What do you expect anyway from a 48yr old house

 

Mornin' PSAR

 

And an **** installer!

 

I think I need to smoke mine longer to get them more tender.

 

Good Morning PSAR!

Another great day in paradise. 36 and overcast.


Is Hap one of those people that has not learned why drywall tape is 2" wide? He probably doesn't believe in pre-filling any out of square corners either.

Hap, I've hung board in houses that were brand new construction that rooms were over 2" out of square, whole house for that matter. Don't downgrade your old house, it's better built out of better lumber than what's being done today. Rod's seen this I'm sure.

Have a super day.

Mike

 

How do you pre-fill out of square corners? I've heard of filling in gaps with mud, letting it dry, then taping it, but not pre-filling

Actually, this out of square spot used to be the front corner of the garage, so I guess it didn't matter to much at that time

And yes, I'm way too **** for this type of work, but I'm a cheap hire

 

not sure exactly about what you are describing,,,but if something is out of square it is best to use cardboard butt strips (lowes) to furr the studs level/plumb before hanging the drywall

i use a 6' concrete screed to identify the low/high studs and staple the strips to fill the gaps in order to make a flat plane to attach the drywall

this will enable you to use as little mud as possible,,,which will speed the finishing process and make things look nice

hope this helps